Injectable gel repairs damage after heart attack in pigs

Originally posted on Spoonful of Medicine - a blog from Nature MedicineAs you read this sentence, on average at least one person in the US will have started to clutch her chest. The blood flow to her heart will become blocked and cardiac muscle cells will start to die off and get replaced with scar tissue. This person has just suffered a heart attack and most likely will go on to develop heart failure, a weakening of the heart’s ability to pump blood and oxygen. In five years time, there’s […]